ACL Meeting Friday, October 13, 2017: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, September 8, 2017, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Free Webinar on Storytime Picture Books
New Books for Storytime An Infopeople FREE Webinar Register Now (link is external) Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 12:00-1:00 PM Instructor: Penny Peck Are you looking for new picture books to offer at your storytimes? Storytimes [continue reading]
2017 National Book Awards Finalists
2017 National Book awards, young people’s literature NOMINEES announced: What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold Far from the Tree by Robin Benway I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. [continue reading]
Refugee Review
Gratz, Alan. Refugee. Fiction. Scholastic, 07/2017. 338pp. $16.99. 978-0-545-88083-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-10. This powerful novel details the plight of three young refugees—Josef, fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939, Isabel, leaving Castro’s Cuba in 1994, and Mahmoud, [continue reading]
Ezra Jack Keats’ SNOWY DAY Featured on U.S. Postage
KEATS’ SNOWY DAY FEATURED ON U.S. POSTAGE: Four new “Forever” stamps will be issued Oct. 4, 2017 by the U.S. Postal Service, featuring the character of Peter from Ezra Jack Keats’ Caldecott Medal-winning picture book [continue reading]
Out of the Ordinary: Flap Books
OUT OF THE ORDINARY Clarke, Jane. I Saw Anaconda: A Cumulative Lift-the-Flap Story. Nosy Crow,/Candlewick, 2017. [16p.]. $14.99. 978-0-7636-9336-7. In a cumulative story similar to the classic song “I Know an Old Lady Who [continue reading]
Jelly Bean Tree Review
Yuly, Toni. Jelly Bean Tree, The. Toni Yuly, Illus. Picture Book. Feiwel, 06/2017. 40pp. $17.99. 978-1-250-09406-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-K. Jelly Bean is a blue giraffe who loves napping among tall trees with her head resting [continue reading]
Personal Names Storytime
Personal Names (revised) A storytime on children’s names can be a great way for the storyteller to learn everyone’s names. For an activity, make nametags: www.seussville.com/activities/Seuss_BTSEduKit_Badges_WEB.pdf . Include lots of songs that describe names, including [continue reading]